I Reincarnated But Will Try To Live Without Using My Cheat Ability - CH 323

Chapter 323 – Sane or Insane

It’s not something I can do anything about at this point.

So there is no use in worrying about it.

With that conclusion, we decide to enjoy our honeymoon.

In the hot spring town, even if the two of us are walking alone, our escort will follow us.

I don’t have a choice, though.

As the two of us were walking, a child came running up to me alone.

The escort tries to intercept the child, but I hold the escort back.

The kid is a little dog tribesman girl, maybe no older than 10.

She stands in front of me, fidgeting a bit.

Mil and I look at each other and laugh.

Mil bends down and calls out to the girl.

“What’s the matter, young lady? Do you want something from us?”

The girl hesitates for a moment and then looks at us.

“My father is in the hospital with an injury.”

I crouched down and made eye contact with her, as did Mil.

“Was your father in the war?”

The girl gave a small nod.

Mill smiled softly at the girl.

“Perhaps you would like Al to pay him a visit?”

The girl smiled and nodded at her words.

Mil looked at me and nodded.

I nodded back that I understood too.

“Well, could you show me around? We’ll go pay him a visit.”

The girl jumped up and down with a smile.

“Feudal Lord… thank you! This way!”

With that, she ran off in high spirits.

I guess I can take a little pride in the fact that it is safe for a child to walk alone.

I laughed with Mil and followed the girl.

We were taken to a treatment center for wounded soldiers.

At my direction, the wounded soldiers were made to have their families accompany them.

The visit may be done in a ceremonial way.

A kind of performance.

Before my reincarnation, I watched it with a sober eye.

Now, such luxury is not allowed.

Still, I can’t go to every place and visit every time.

If a person in authority were to visit, there would be security issues and other problems that would place a considerable burden on the site.

And since they are not going alone, there is also the issue of cost.

It is common sense to calculate various conditions and pay a visit at the most effective time.

In other words, it is rare for those in power to visit a person with pure feelings.

That is why, when they do visit, they do so seriously.

Whether it is hypocrisy or calculation, any act that causes discomfort to the other person is foolish and wasteful.

I hate acts that I would rather not do.

A soldier would feel honored if his commander-in-chief paid him a visit.

It gives them prestige and changes the way people look at them.

It’s almost like putting up a picture of a celebrity visiting a restaurant.

I wonder if they think that if a kid asks for it, it’ll work?

I myself… don’t remember doing anything that would make me seem particularly fond of children.

It was a result of my concern for the safety of the people of the territory in terms of governance.

I am calculating in my performance, expecting results.

I can’t help but feel that I am being misunderstood.

If necessary, I could order an 8-year-old child to be killed.

How could such a man love children?

The girl took me to a large room where there were quite a few families and soldiers.

The family and the soldiers were shocked to see me and Mil.

In a panic, the soldiers tried to stand up, but I stopped them with my hand.

“Please make yourself comfortable. I just barged in on my own.”

The girl ran to her parents proudly.

The father seemed to have injured his leg.

The girl turned around and waved at me.

I guess I’ll have to visit them all for this.

“”

When I got to the girl, her dog tribesmen parents were terrified.

Despite my best intentions, I was put in a position where they were made to feel intimidated.

“How are you feeling?”

The soldier was tense.

His wife lightly pinched the soldier and bowed to me.

“I am sorry you had to come all the way here. When I told her that my lord was here, this girl suddenly said that she’ll ask you to pay a visit…”

The wife was about to bow her head, so I restrained her.

“No, no, I’m sorry for making you nervous. Isn’t she a very good girl who loves her father.”

The child turned her chest up in pride at my words.

I couldn’t help but smile.

From there, we made ordinary small talk.

If I talked too long, he might have a heart attack and ascend to heaven.

I shook hands with the soldier and ended my visit.

After all this time, it would be bad enough if we didn’t visit everyone.

Mil and I decided to visit them all.

When we left the treatment center, all the attendants saw us off.

In the end, the day ended with a visit.

On the way home, Mil smiled at me.

“Al is a popular guy. I can’t believe they got so happy you visited them.”

I chuckled at her teasing tone.

“It’s better than being scorned.”

If a lord is despised, he is finished.

It is better to be feared than loved, but there is the matter of the ruling system.

It would be better to be loved now.

Mil’s eyes grew grim at my reply.

“There you go again. You should just be honestly happy.”

I can’t seem to do it right.

Some people find pleasure and meaning in being an idol or being popular.

I had no desire for that kind of thing.

I don’t understand people who are happy to sign autographs.

However, what Mil said was right from the standpoint of a lord.

I couldn’t help but scratch my head.

We both decided that we would look around the territory, so we decided to go see Aaron for the first time in a long time.

The place that used to be a former village of the wolf tribesmen.

Now it is becoming a town integrated with a fort.

“”

I tried to get Oracio to decide the name of the town, but he wouldn’t budge, saying it should be me.

Now we are going to a town named Lupus Oppidum.

Mil looked nostalgic in the carriage.

“I wonder how Mr. Aaron’s doing?”

“I think he’s fine. Especially since I haven’t heard anything from him.”

“How nostalgic. I used to live in town in the early days, after all.”

She laughed, remembering the difficulty she had in getting the tiger tribesmen to talk.

“Yes, things were quite tough those days when the town was just starting to be built up.”

As the two of us reminisced about the old days, we arrived at Lupus Oppidum.

It was almost sunset, so we decided to visit Aaron tomorrow.

We were taken to our rooms and spent the night there.

Another report arrived at my doorstep.

This tracking performance.

It’s nice that it’s working, but I hate this system when I want to stretch my wings.

I read through the report in silence.

Mil is looking at me with concern because of what happened last time.

I smile at her and hold out the report to her.

“It’s okay. It’s not about that. It’s kind of complicated in a way, though…”

Mil looked over the report and furrowed her brow.

“She’s replacing Mr. Fabio. I guess Al’s parents were the first to be approached.”

“It would be impolite to just barge in on them out of the blue, after all. I’m sure they’ll ask first. They can’t say no, so it’s just a courtesy.”

My casual reply was met with a deep sigh from Mil.

“Anyway, is this personnel selected insane?”

“We have no way of knowing if she’s sane or insane.”

The name of his successor.

The niece of former Pope Alexandre Legrand.

Her name is Ophelie Legrand.

The pope was replaced at the time of the apostolic confirmation.

His brother, Cardinal Clément Legrand, became the new Pope.

In other words, the new Pope is currying favors on the Apostle.

There must have been a fierce internal power struggle.

“How old is she?”

“Eighteen, I think. I don’t know all the details.”

Mil sighed largely.

“Ahhh …… I wonder why they sent a girl who is a bit past her suitable age. They’re not aiming for Al, are they?”

There are many cases where they pull girls slightly past the appropriate age, aiming for the apostolic descent.

I smiled and waved my hand.

“No, no, no, no. Why would they go after the lord of a remote region? Even if I’m the third son of a great aristocratic family, I’m still a branch of the family and has no right to inherit the main family.”

After some communication with the family, it was agreed that the Ravenna region was special, so they would leave it to me as a branch family.

Mil sighed again.

“Then why do they have to come all the way here? They wouldn’t come here unless they had something to aim for, will they?”

“That’s true. I can’t just say no, so I can just ask her.”

Mil shook her head.

“I understand a little how Al feels now… So this is how the seeds of headaches come over on their own…”

Hey, hey, you don’t trust me, huh.

“No, trust me.”

“Of course I trust you. It’s just that, if she uses her flirtatious eyes of my Al, is a little… smothering.”

“If you worry about it that much, you won’t have the stomach for it.”

Mil’s mouth agape.

“I know. But…I can’t help it. I know it in my head, but… Sometimes I hate myself for being so possessive.”

I shut up, grabbed Mil’s hand gently, and smiled.

There was no need to continue with the words that followed.